Noni M. Reis is an Emerita Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership at San Jose State University. She is on the core faculty for the Doctorate in Education Leadership program. Dr. Reis is an Editor of the Journal of Administration & Supervision. California Association of Professors of Educational Administration, and Past President of the California Association of Professors of Educational Leadership. Her research interests include social justice leadership preparation, women of color in academia, and effective leadership for schools with English Learners using the tri-level framework (Mendoza-Reis & Flores). She served on two CREDE national research synthesis teams 1) Professional Development for Diversity, and 2) Academic Achievement and Language Learning.

Dr. Reis has participated in the development of instructional programs designed to support educators in the effective education of English language learner students. She co-authored the development of several state and national curriculum and coaching programs, including Toward Equity: Building Multicultural Schools (California Department of Education); Teaching Alive (Center for Research on Education, Diversity, and Excellence at University of California, Santa Cruz); English Language Learners: Language, Culture and Equity (National Education Association) and most recently, Improving the Teaching and Learning of  English Language Learners: The Instructional Conversation Model (Center for Latino Achievement and Success in Education, University of Georgia, Athens).

Most recent publications include, Gray, M. & Mendoza-Reis,N. From Preparation to the principalship: Towards a framework for social justice in leadership. Journal of Administration Supervision, (forthcoming, 2021), and Mendoza-Reis, N., Lu, M.Y., and Louque, A. (forthcoming 2021) Women of color in education: Barriers, Challenges and Successes (forthcoming, 2021) in Rodriguez, S. and Kelly, B. (Eds). Black and brown leadership and the promotion of change in an era of social unrest.